[000:00:00;00] are or . witnesses in libya say the situation in bani walid is getting more dangerous with foreign snipers spawn along the rooftops and allegations of chemical weapons being used in the besieged town. the i.m.f. trashes greece's plan to deal with its massive deficit as the e.u.'s last line of

economic defense celebrates one year and service. and we look at how the two main runners in the u.s. presidential race plan to deal with the powerful israeli lobby and talent beeves from relenting to bomb iran. thank you for joining r.t. of us friday with me karen taraji broadcasting to you live from our studio in moscow well gangs of foreign more mercenaries reportedly from the gulf states and turkey have joined the assault on bani walid in libya this is according to ali farrar she has relatives are trapped inside the besieged town which is traditionally loyal to the country's toppled colonel gadhafi regime he's currently in egypt and we're discussing his identity over safety concerns. they told something dangerous that. this nie but as the flood and not the nuclear

maybe if it got out of them. somewhere else inside the city of media do it goat do this no but you know. nobody would. if we didn't know do today to look if you're going to be a beautiful you know and be today to talk of the. bad news. for omaha is to how do i not go to every dream that you would know somebody good. knowing somebody tried to come back. then maybe she had belief in to them and dr denbigh would be. here earlier claim by libyan authorities that bani walid has been captured is being contradicted by witnesses who say the battle is ongoing there are also reports that pro-government militias have unpacked chemical stockpiles and use the weapons against civilians more on that from archies middle

east correspondent paula slayer. we continue to hear these reports of wide scale killing of armed gangs and militia looting people's homes and patrolling the streets now we are in contact with one man in europe who has family inside the city and he tells us that they tell him that upwards of five hundred people have so far been killed of course we have no way of independently verifying this information we are also in contact with a local journalist who is on the outskirts of the city and we're being told by this person that thousands of people have tried to return to in the confusion over the reports of whether or not the city had fallen now we understand that they have been prevented from going back into the city by these roadblocks that darnley has set up and that soldiers have been firing in the air causing wide scale panic and as a result thousands of people are now stranded on the desert highway now we also continue to hear these reports unconfirmed as of yet that chemical weaponry is

being used reports of phosphorus gas and nerve gas i can confirm the these militias used internationally prohibited weapons they used phosphorous bombs nerve gas we have documented all these in videos recorded the missiles they used and the wire transfers raining down from these missiles many people died without being wounded or shot they died as a result of gases the world needs to see who are they targeting other really good doctors men other children women and old men killed his men the prevent the media from getting into bani walid simply because they fear the press might recall their crimes and terrible deeds. the united nations mission in libya says it doesn't have any more information than what it is being told by the government and points out that it is not in the city of bani walid and it cannot aired any additional information that i want to also did not comment in fact refused to comment as to why they were not inside the city now the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov

has said that he is not concerned by the fact that the army is inside the city but rather that moscow is concerned why the situation is happening and what russia wants is for the united nations to provide information in terms of what is really going on in a society now we did ask the united states state department why their story was being ignored in the west and the answer was that it was not being ignored but followed closely but you just need to take a look at the u.s. state department website in your see there that the last time a bunny well it was mentioned was back at the beginning of this year so of course many questions being asked why is the united states and other powers failing to condemn the excessive use of force in the city in the same time why have they not condemned the human rights abuses that are so clearly taking place there in battle for bani walid has lasted several weeks now are like last year's revolution against gadhafi it's yet to capture the attention of the mainstream media author and

journalist neil clark says that's because the current situation in libya is an inconvenient truth for those who backed change their. back to we couldn't because the u.k. or us or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. we were hearing about what was going on in libya humanitarian disaster whole kind of we've got all the killing lots of people we're going to have a massive massacre in regard and because of that we went to war that that was a reasonable war and today the situation is much worse you got a humanitarian catastrophe taken place the number of people killed to intervene is going to be between ten to twenty times we've got massacres going on at the moment . and they silence complete silence here in the u.k. and in the u.s. they got what they want what they wanted they got rid of gadhafi they've got to progress to government in power now in tripoli they've taken control of the oil industry this privatization western corporations really you know they don't really give a toss to be honest about what's going on about about human rights abuses the fact that demonstrations are banned throughout the country it's time to move on to syria

of course. europe provides a platform for revolutionary sentiment in iran after getting rid of alternative options coming up later this hour where london embraces the launch of a new opposition t.v. station that aims to do capitated runs government just days after ten prompts state run broadcast are denied access to e.u. airwaves. greece apparently stands no chance of meeting its deficit reduction according to a preliminary report by the international monetary fund's debt inspectors nevertheless they remain undaunted they write up will recommend more austerity on top of the stalled reforms that athens has yet to push through e.u. leaders are also mulling giving greece a time extension to implement cards but the timing of it all is symbolic on this day one year ago a desperate you agreed on some of its most extreme crisis fighting measures the

effects of which as archie's maria financial reports have proved somewhat underwhelming. measures approved by european union leaders these day years ago were designed to tackle the debt crisis the german chancellor angela merkel described as europe's worst economic crisis since the end of world war two e.u. has spent months hammering this package out of the venture it was proclaimed in false hopes to first save greece by writing awful for its that which amounted to at that time again to one hundred sixty percent of the country's g.d.p. and the second aim of this package was to protect other european countries from this financial instability too and for that purpose it was decided to more than double the european union bailout fund also known as european financial stability facility we've been hearing skepticism already that but a year later it's clear that not only has the crisis is not drawn back but also the

european financial climate has more so than with more and more countries now joining greece and experiencing fine. so it can only call out like hey you know paul to go experts say the raw several reasons behind this fiasco and one of them is some countries squandering in tough economic times they're still continuing to spend too much cash on military sector rather than on social needs and greece is a very good example here of this very bad tendency let's take a look at the greek people are making their anger towards government spending cuts very clear. one area where greece continues to spend big though is when it comes to weapons seven billion euros last year alone were spent on defense considers that it's it's facing a threat from turkey. and that we need to maintain

a. credible military forces to the day that threat and one of the key places where greece shops for its defense needs is germany athens is orders make up around fifteen percent of berlin's arms exports the most in europe despite germany's repeated belt tightening mantra of courses export earnings from germany of nato interests and so it's just being done then this not being talked about so much every once a while the topic pops up but it's just being done and politicians in germany are not really questioning it with greeks enduring a dire financial plight with little sign of reprieve is there an element of hypocrisy in germany calling for cuts while encouraging greece to buy its weapons. not all of berlin's elected representatives by even today gun peddling government's priorities for them social spending cutting is the first you know thing that comes to their mind for me as a green the first priority that comes to my wife is cutting into defense sector as

a proportion of its national earnings greece spends almost twice as much as any other e.u. member on defense compounded by a less than trance. fire in the cumin process and a reputation for corruption i think there is in the lead in greece book within that all its course fear as well as the. weaponry that does keep specific percentages and bribery is it never a single cell of arms with former defense minister. singh custody facing charges of stealing government cash it's easy to see why big money for the military gets people riled especially when economists estimate that if greece would cut defense spending over the past decade to similar levels of fellow e.u. states they would have saved around one hundred fifty billion euro more than their last bailout peter all of a r.t. so while politicians in greece and the e.u.

mull over what to do next in russia it's about what not to do cracking down on stupid the russian parliament moves to filter out bills that have no hope of passing an effort to clamp down on reckless populism you can read more on the bills that have angered lawmakers on our website or to dot com. also there nelson comfort for new election monitors texas threatens to arrest international observers if they dare set foot polling stations on voting day. and we've got more on the upcoming presidential vote for you in just a few minutes. nineteen iranian channels have been banned in the countries that's called iran for not tolerating free speech among other things well played lads well played i love the

smell of hypocrisy in the morning personally a bit of censorship doesn't bother me that much because there has always been censorship and there were always be censorship if there are any words or symbols or opinions that could get you bumped off the air or legal trouble in your country the guess what you have censorship sorry to say it but that's how it is i don't mind a country saying that there is something so antithetical to their way of life that it must be banned i'm fine with that that's your business in your country and you should be able to protect your culture and your values but don't lie to me and tell me that you live censorship free when you don't it's your choice you let your reading channels back on the air or come out of the closet and admit you believe in

restricted speech but that's just my opinion. news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. wealthy british style is an expert on the. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's culture the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines cons a report on our. mission and free cretaceous free

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welcome back to our team a new iranian opposition t.v. channel has been launched in london they found says his goal is to overthrow president mahmoud ahmadinejad's you know arrival as being embraced in europe as a success for freedom of speech even though tough on itself is denied a voice in the u.s. nineteen of its state run stations were taken off the air artist pauline boycott takes up the story. in london we went to the launch of a brand new and very different iranian news channel this studio belongs to t.v. now from fasi rocket translates to freedom and that could give an indication of the political agenda behind the new t.v. station in fact its founder is so very many opposed to the current government he says that he wants to help the iranian people to capitated the current regime denies having any financial backing or any seal of approval from international

organizations or western governments cannot believe. the british government. regime can be t.v. for the change of dictatorship. they want to put this regime on the news in fact the very emergence of a new oppositional iranian television channel in britain teamed with involuntary departure of press t.v. from the u.k. that said some to question whether the brits with all their love of trumpeting free speech and balance are doing so very selectively obviously. very early on the first country in the world. television news channel there are only too glad to welcome a propaganda channel as it were the one percent does no one in iran even those opposed to it but it even there's a reason we do it islamic theocracy. would support this out t.v.

its founders say that they are inspired by events like the arab spring and television channels like al-jazeera and al-arabiya in fact they say that unlike in libya and afghanistan they want to promote political change from within and looks like perhaps because of their oppositional political agenda nobody here is stopping them probably both. i see london. has plans for iran go far beyond banning or supporting t.v. channels and tell of eve's top ally the united states will have to choose whether to back or block them as art is going to scan reports for the next u.s. president it will ultimately be a choice between israel support and the good of his own people. should be drawn right here the line beyond which lies war with iran and many thought benjamin netanyahu is message at the u.n. general assembly this fall was addressed not so much to the international community

but to washington netanyahu would like to be able to communicate to the world that . the israelis are ready which he has to attack and that it will be done with the full support of the united states and he's not getting there the tension in the media peaked when president obama practically referred to is world's worst mongering as noise that he's trying to block out any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people and i am going to block out any noise that's out there pledging full and unconditional support for israel is part of any presidential election campaign in the u.s. the possibility of war with iran needs a new dimension to this election season the israelis will attack the iranians they will attack it's just a matter of when so americans must decide which presidential candidate can better manage the situation despite campaign big crying president obama has thrown allies

like israel under the bus the last debate on foreign policy has shown the candidates hold almost identical views on the issue what if the prime minister of israel called you on the phone and said our bombers are on the way we're going to bomb iraq what do you bob let's not go into hypotheticals of that nature had our relationship with israel my relationship with the prime minister of israel is such that we would not get a call saying our bombers are on the way what i've sent young men and women into harm's way i always understand that that is the last resort not the first resort of course a military action is the last resort as far as red lines for iran i understand and share this or not you know whose insistence that iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon my red line is iran may not have a nuclear weapon iran is a nuclear nation is unacceptable the united states president obama said exactly the

same thing. twenty nine standing ovations to these really prime minister's speech before congress among other things showed just. how powerful these really lobby is in washington despite president obama's support of a two state solution for israel and the palestinians his party members at their convention this fall called for moving the capital of israel from tel aviv to jerusalem it remains evident that there is no daylight between the two parties of israel obama was the guy who gave the impression with his cairo speech and others that he was willing to begin to renegotiate america's policy. on israel and palestine but in fact when he came down to hard political realities has backed off but will he back off when israel decides to attack iran whoever is elected as america's next president will have to walk on the same raise the weight which is between it's world that is it going to bomb iran and the american people

don't want another costly and devastating war based on phony red lines and washington i'm going to check on. what differences between obama and romney hard to distinguish artie's helping other candidates have their share of air time next tuesday live on r t catch the clash between jill stein and gary johnson the winner or something the last round of the third party debate. we both agree we agree we have to bring the tax rates down i feel the same as the president did governor romney i'm glad. you agree let's go back to something the president i agree on in there do you agree that order to have a choice perhaps when you wonder who to vote for when romney and obama agree on so many things remember you do have other options come november sixth tuned in to see the second round of debates between the major third party candidates thirty. now look at some other international headlines in brief three this hour at least one person has been killed and over forty injured improves capital emaar during

a protest against the government's decision to move a local market demonstrators allegedly attacked police with clubs and rocks forcing them to defend themselves the authorities had to use concrete blocks to prevent vehicles from entering the market. the tropical holiday island in the bahamas is the latest victim of hurricane sandy where people have been forced to shelter from violent winds and torrential rain the storm has left a trail of devastation across the caribbean claiming twenty one lives along the way cuba haiti and jamaica have all fallen in its path florida is believed to be the next stop for the hurricane which is now reportedly starting to weaken. and the beaches next to the business news apple has disappointed the markets so much they're down across the globe how come they're such a huge impact well it is the biggest company in the world in terms of market capitalization so when it says that basically fourth quarter earnings of a full cost of less than the market expects the obviously that's

a bad sign for all investors to go to what's happening in europe for example with trading has just begun basically around the twenty minutes ago the dow no. percent the tech shares despite the fact that they don't weigh that much in london for example they're down one point five percent that's on the back up again apple. saying that. for the peak of the season christmas going to be lower than they anticipated actually take a look what's happening in russia we're seeing a similar picture with the r.t.s. myself dropping around one per cent actually and not every day you see these indices almost equal in terms of nominal points and financials are some of the biggest drags would be to be dropping more than one percent so was baghdad because of again your second tier stock is down more than two percent and over on the currencies market the russian ruble continues to lose lose value against both

currencies well the euro is dropping against the dollar this is basically to avoid any kind of additional risks so investors are basically moving out into the dollar worldwide and the russian ruble is not helped by news that the european bank for reconstruction and development has upgraded its growth forecast for russia now the bank expects the country's economy to search for eight point two percent this year something developed economies could only dream of course however the anticipated results could be shadowed by high inflation to be expected to beat official targets and reach six point eight percent by the end of the year. and finally in asia that is just ended its trade at one point four percent down that's on the back of a high again which is hurting exports is providing less revenue obviously for their dollars and let's also focus on this china saw an undeclared outflow of six hundred billion dollars last year that's according to a washington based global financial integrity group experts say it is driven by

frustration with a banking system that subsidizes state companies and by businesses profiting from loopholes in the state of ace of controls last year's outflow as part of a three point eight trillion dollar flood of capital and left china since the turn of the millennium. the state of mind russia is worried about just eighty billion leaving the country and finally relations group aims to become the first russian financial corporation to provide retail credits in africa the firm has set up a subsidiary in nigeria analysts say the country's retail banking is not developed and could become a golden goose for the russian bag however doing business in nigeria is obviously quite risky due to be unstable political situation and a high level of crime. why that's it from me i'm back in fifty five minutes time with another update coming up next we discuss what lies ahead for the debt ridden

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